This paper evaluates the impact on employment probabilities of two training programs funded by the European Social Fund … recipients are indeed recent migrants, refugees, and women. By using different matching algorithms, this group was made as … two years before entering the programme. We find that the short-term impact of the training programs is negative …

two main sources: the program administration and compulsory communications on employment and unemployment spells. We found … a net impact of 5% on average for on-the-job training, but no impact for off-the-job training. On-the-job training also … theoretical, but very little work-related competences. Off-the-job training does affect the probability to experience at least one …

This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using … set of covariates, results show that product market deregulation overall reduces the unemployment rate. This finding is … effect: deregulation of state controls and in particular involvement in business operations tends to push up the unemployment …

participation and unemployment. CPFL enables workers to take at most six weeks of paid leave over a 12 month period in order to bond … women's labor force participation and unemployment.We find that the labor force participation rate, the unemployment rate …, and the duration of unemployment among young women rose in California compared to states that did not adopt paid family …

This paper examines whether the Action Plan for Promoting Employment and Combating Unemployment, a labor market …

Workforce Investment Act (WIA), the primary federal job training program in the U.S, based on administrative data from 12 states … participate, estimated for up to four years following entry into the program using propensity score matching methods. The results …-hundred-dollar increase in quarterly earnings. Adult program participants who obtain training have lower earnings in the months during …

. At the municipality level, we find a large reduction of long-term unemployment, and no negative employment spillovers …

This paper evaluates the impact of a vocational training programme on the labour market outcomes of unemployed youth in … European Union to reduce youth unemployment rate and to support young people aged between 15 and 29 who are not in education …, employment or training (NEETs). To estimate the causal effect of participating in the programme on the employment outcomes, we …